Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-14

enables me TO say that, take them
~ . class, the ladies' employed in the govern
ment departments will compare favorably
with any similar number of members of their
sex taken from any perf of the Union The
majority of the female employees in the de-
partmenfs are the sole support of families.
Among them may be found some Of the most
refined and cultured ladies' in the land, who.
by freak of fortune have been reduced from
afluence to poverty and TO the necessity Of
earning their daily bread. With those who
know them well no such incident as / have
mentioned can in the least lessen the esteem
in which they are held.
IT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.
The Civil Surface Commission, as it is
now frequently called, Processes to be above
politics; but it is noticeable fact that nearly
all the new appointees under the Civil
Service rules are Democrats do not mean
to assert positively that there is '.nigger in
the wood pile bus 10 say that there is
something suspicious about the manner in
which the pile is built up. For instance,
person well known to me, who has success
fully passed the required examination, was
in the room of one of the Commissioners the
other day seeking some information, when a
NASAA eohtt M I'M % PaPNt o41'i 9"a'F "a
Commissioner. this paper is ready for your
signature" The Commissioner looked the
document over and then enquired. lis he a
Cleveland man." To which the clerk re-
piled, '.He is" Whereupon Mr.. Commits
sioner appended his signature. Public
Office is public trust
PROTEST OF THE VETERANS
The Union Veterans Union at a meeting
held last evening at Grand Army Hall adopt
ed a set of resolutions which are to be sent To
the Senate Judiciary Committee asking that
committee to report adversely on the nomna-
ton of Secretary Lamar to be an associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the United
States. This action is owing to alleged I'M
fair treatment of the ex-soldiers by Mr.. La
mar since he has been Secretary of the In
terror. The whole Office has been crammed
with ex-rebel soldiers, who spend more time
in clarifying the lost cause" than they do in
work
PENSION LEGISLATION.
II is almost certain that some kind of Nv
pension bill will be passed by Congress this
session. There will be multitude of bills
of this character introduced and urged. And
among them will be one t, grant service PEN
sons. 1t now seems doubtful if such a
measure can be passed. The Solid South
will of course, vote squarely against it, and
so will good many Democrats. 1t is be-
lieved that President Cleveland will use his
influence privately to prevent the passage OF
any general pension bill. bill somewhat
in the nature of the dependent pension bill
which passed Congress at the last session, and
which was vetoed by the President, will be
introduced at an early date, and is almost
sure to pass. What Mr.. Cleveland will do
in that event will become very interesting
question.
TAKING 1T EASY.
No business has been transacted by Con-
gress during the past week, anil if anything
is accomplished by that body before about the
middle of January, it will be a surprise to
those who are accustomed to watch legisla-
| ton, 1t is barely possible, however, that the
Republicans may attempt, before the holidays
to remove the internal revenue tax on to-
bacco, and on alcohol used in the arts.
A BULL IN CHINA SHoP.
| The monotony of every day life in one OF
the departments was slightly disturbed the
other day by little incident. An ex-demo.
cratic member of Congress who had always
welded good deal of influence in that par
ticular department, became intoxicated, and
while in that condition visited a room occupied
by division chief and a large number OF
ladies. He then let himself loose and con.
Quoted himself 50 outrageously that he soOT
had the entire room to himself All efforts
to coax him away were futile, and finally
| force was resorted to, and the intruder was
dragged out of the bull ling, kicking and
swearing